LATEST ADDITIONS

Hi-Fi as Art: Devon Turnbull & Ojas Audio

Ken Micallef Mar 12, 2026

Since founding Ojas in the 1990s and applying the name to his audio components, Devon Turnbull has mined a young audience that the traditional hi-fi industry has struggled to reach. Those who know about him receive his speakers, amplifiers, and turntables as if they were gifts delivered from on high.

ReDiscoveries

ReDiscoveries #12: Interscope Releases the Rolling Stones' Black and Blue

Tom Fine Mar 11, 2026

In the Rolling Stones' long history, the Mick Taylor era was a peak, if not the peak. Taylor, who replaced cofounder Brian Jones in the late 1960s, proved a great musical foil for Keith Richards. He was a technical wizard on the guitar; those fluid higher-octaves riffs and runs were the perfect counterpoint to Richards's jabbing and stabbing and growling style.

News

The Grid to Host Private Listening Event Featuring Systems from Goldmund and Marten on March 28

Stereophile Staff Mar 10, 2026

The Grid, one of the largest home audio retailers in Texas, will be hosting a private listening event at its Houston showroom on March 28, 2026. Systems that primarily feature gear from Goldmund and Marten will be shown, according to an official press statement, "in a carefully prepared environment, demonstrating their full potential."

Revinylization

Revinylization #73: Muse Records via Zev Feldman's Time Traveler Records

Ken Micallef Mar 10, 2026

As the jazz buyer for Tower Records's Lincoln Center (66th St.) location in the early 1990s, I held a unique vantage point on New York City, its music and culture. My position guaranteed daily encounters with an eclectic variety of unforgettable characters. Between regular visits by the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (grouchy), Kathleen Turner (pushy), and Michael J. Fox (perpetually running from the store's female staff), I saw a lot.

Budget Component Reviews Stand Loudspeaker Reviews

Ruark Sabre-R loudspeaker

Ken Micallef Mar 06, 2026

Like many aging American music lovers, my earliest memories include watching the televised supernova that was The Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. Immersion in various British pop groups followed, including the melodically graceful Chad & Jeremy, the polished Peter and Gordon, and sentimental pop purveyors Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Features

Tale of the Tape: Rhino Records' Open-Reel Tape Series

Tom Fine Mar 05, 2026

Rhino Records, Warner Music Group's back-catalog label, has jumped into the rarified niche of prerecorded reel-to-reel tapes. Under the Rhino High Fidelity brand, the first two titles were announced in October 2025: T. Rex's Electric Warrior and The Yes Album. Both are limited editions; no more than 500 tapes will be made and sold.

Interviews Music and Recording Features

Sound Chaser #6: In Living Colour's Vernon Reid Runs the Hoodoo Down

Mike Mettler Mar 04, 2026

Once and forever iconoclast Vernon Reid, the Britain-born guitarist for iconic American band Living Colour, is perpetually in pursuit of sonic excellence, regardless the point of entry. "A lot of different things have attracted me—everything from gentle breeze to thunder and lightning," Reid told me during a recent Zoom interview.

Rabbit Holes

Rabbit Holes #21: Bob Dylan Through the Open Window, the Bootleg series Vol.18

Sasha Matson Mar 03, 2026

Columbia Legacy has released Vol.18 of the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series. Through the Open Window covers the years 1956–1963. The collection is available as three physical sets: two-CD or four-LP "Highlights" versions that contain 42 tracks, and an eight-CD "Deluxe Edition Box Set" that contains 139 tracks and has a running time of 8 hours, 59 minutes.

News

D'Agostino Unveils the Momentum Z Mono Amplifier

Jason Victor Serinus Mar 02, 2026

On January 12, 2026, Dan D'Agostino Master Systems welcomed some 52 international audio dealers and distributors, and four members of the audio press, to the unveiling of the new Momentum Z mono amplifier ($125,000/pair) at the company's factory in Cave Creek, AZ. This 15th Anniversary event included an extended description of the product and a factory tour.

Aural Robert

The Passing of Two Americana Greats: Joe Ely and Raul Malo

Robert Baird Mar 02, 2026

Just before Christmas 2025, American music suffered two irreplaceable losses with the passings of Raul Malo (December 8) and Joe Ely (December 15). While a lot of musicians exist on the artistic and commercial fringes, Malo and Ely were foundational artists, gifted creators and performers who refused to be confined by artistic boundaries.